Here’s what’s on the way. Nintendo’s Partner Direct was loaded with all sorts of surprises, and one of the biggest announcements for retro fans was Hamster Corporation’s reveal of its new Console Archives series for Switch 2 (and PlayStation 5). This will revive classic games, originally released on home consoles, on modern hardware. Two titles…
Sales figures have come in from Nintendo France for the Nintendo Switch and it paints a good picture for the country. The console has proved to be popular there since launch and so far the Kyoto company has shifted 3.3 million Nintendo Switch systems in France alone. This means that an impressive eleven percent of…
Walk softly and carry a keyboard stick LG plans to unveil at IFA 2015 in Berlin what it claims is the industry’s first solid rollable wireless portable keyboard. The keyboard, which bears the unfortunate name of “Rolly,” folds up along its four rows into a stick that’s supposed to easily fit in a pocket, purse,…
“I remember discovering awesome half-finished-then-abandoned bosses and rejected stages”. Recently, we spoke to Tetsu “Tez” Okano, a former SEGA employee and the director of games like SEGAGAGA and Astro Boy: Omega Factor. During this chat, Okano spoke about various games he’s worked on over the years, sharing some incredible insights into some of the projects…
You can’t fault AMD for its honesty. Not when it is unambiguously, almost proudly, admitting that it charges more for its CPUs than Intel. At the Communicopia+ Technology Conference held recently by the high-status bean counters at Goldman Sachs, AMD’s Executive VP & GM of Data Center Solutions Business Unit, Forrest Norrod, was remarkably frank…
Hey there PlayStation pals. It’s been a long while since I’ve had the pleasure of penning a PS Blog post – the last was when we launched TowerFall Ascension on PS Vita. Well, we’re finally back with a brand new game. Celeste is a single-player, narrative-driven platformer about climbing a mountain, and it’s launching on…
“I have worked on and off on it for the last two years”. FPGA developer Jotego has just released a progress report on this Neo Geo Pocket core, which is being developed for the MiSTer and Analogue Pocket. He’s been working on it for two years now and explains that it’s been one of the…
Static Photos Stopped Feeling Enough After Users Saw Characters Move Image generation satisfied users initially. Photorealistic faces looked convincing. But static images felt limiting after months of conversations. People wanted to watch their AI girlfriend smile, turn her head, or react naturally during interactions. Video technology promises to transform digital companionship completely. An AI girlfriend…
Factory management sim Star Birds surprised us when it landed on Steam early access late last year. Intrepid explorer Robin Valentine went into Toukana Interactive’s latest game expecting a chill, cosy experience similar to Dorfromantik. But he discovered that its cutesy visuals and gentle onboarding belied a game of serious puzzling depth. “As a puzzle…
Ice to meet you, Mr Bond. When you’ve got to come up with a brand new name for a brand new team, why not make it something unbelievably cool, right? That’s what we say here at NL Towers, and Vancouver’s brand-new women’s hockey team seems to agree. We can’t think of another team with a…